Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell is in position to succeed in his efforts to reduce the amount inmates' families have to pay to receive telephone calls from jail.

Written by

Mike Hasten
mhasten@gannett.com

BATON ROUGE -- Public Service Commission leaders Foster Campbell and Jimmy Field are expected to succeed in their quest to reduce the amount inmates' families have to pay to receive telephone calls from jail.

Commissioner Lambert Boissiere III confirmed Monday night that he would vote with Field and Campbell Wednesday to reduce rates assesses for prison calls, which currently run about 15 times what a normal call costs.

"The commission has to act," said Boissiere, who represents PSC District 3, based in New Orleans."We have to make a correction. It's not such a local issue as it is a national ...